Entries from May 2009

May 26, 2009

May Giveaway Day!

On May 27, Sew Mama Sew is once again creating a list of shops and blogs  providing free giveaways to highlight their crafts ..and this time, I threw my hat in the ring.
Please leave a comment to this post by May 31, 2009 12midnight EST for a chance to win a PDF of Sailor Daane

or Pinocle [...]

May 22, 2009

ch-ch-changes

I have three days left. 
Three days…
of my job.
I gave my notice a couple weeks ago after months of discussion, anxiety, budgeting, anxiety, and more discussion..
and after countless sleepless nights.
Maintaining two jobs, two kids, and a husband’s stressful career of on-call and overtime has taken it’s toll. 
A year ago when I wrote out the one of [...]

May 17, 2009

when 30 minutes makes it worth 6 months…

Today hubbo informed me that we are halfway past the 2 year-mark….why this is significant is because both of us agree without hesitation that this is not our favorite stage…
but today, I saw a glimmer of that thing people talk about when they say “it does get better”…

I got him started…

but then he was on [...]

May 16, 2009

The official festival kick off

Special thanks to my test-knitter Kelli who can whip out an FO faster than than two drunk bunnies at closing time – Pinocle is finished and up for grabs. 
Ahh, the signs of spring. 

This can only mean one thing in my neck of the woods…the call of the first festival of the spring/summer. 
The almighty Tulip festival.
It [...]